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Top 10 of 2016 blog

Preface:
For those who love movies, there’s nothing so valuable or as anticipated as a year’s Top 10 Best Movies list. Even cinephiles who find list-making to be arbitrary or problematic can’t help but take notice of the flurry of Best Of submissions that flood the Internet in December and January.

At the end of each year, Movie Podcast Weekly (and separately, Horror Movie Podcast) assembles a Top 10 Best Movies of the Year list, where each host reveals his selections for the very best cinema of the past 12 months.

But something we love to do is to incorporate another Top 10 list that’s a collective consensus of our listenership’s favorite films of the year! Continue reading

Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 212: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016) and Inferno (2016), Et Al., and Spoiler Culture and Disney’s Live-Action Remakes

Episode 212

Spoiler alert! Episode 212 of Movie Podcast Weekly is a big show because we’ve combined two weeks into one! We bring you five Feature Reviews of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back and Inferno and Keeping Up With the Joneses and Ouija: Origin of Evil and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. We have no Andy this week, but we do bring you rousing discussions about Spoiler Culture and about Disney’s Live-Action Remakes. Join us!

If you’re new to our show… Movie Podcast Weekly typically features four hosts — Jason, Andy, Karl and Geek Cast Ry — along with frequent guests. We give you our verdicts on at least one new movie release from the current year that’s currently playing in theaters, as well as several mini reviews of whatever we’ve been watching lately. New episodes release every single week … well, pretty much! Continue reading

Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 209: Deepwater Horizon (2016)

Episode 209

Is it possible to spoil a film from 1972? If so, this episode contains a major plot spoiler for “The Godfather.” Listeners (especially Dino), weigh in on this debate, and break it on down for us. Welcome to Episode 209 of Movie Podcast Weekly, where we bring you a Feature Review of Deepwater Horizon. We also bring you our thoughts on Designated Survivor, as well as Ryan’s review of HBO’s Westworld and tales of his muskie fishing trip in Northwoods Wisconsin. Weird, right? Join us!

If you’re new to our show… Movie Podcast Weekly typically features four hosts — Jason, Andy, Karl and Ryan — along with frequent guests. We give you our verdicts on at least one new movie release from the current year that’s currently playing in theaters, as well as several mini reviews of whatever we’ve been watching lately. New episodes release every single week! Continue reading

Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 198: The Secret Life of Pets (2016) and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016) and Swiss Army Man (2016) and Carnage Park (2016)

Episode 198

In Episode 198 of Movie Podcast Weekly, we bring you four Feature Reviews of The Secret Life of Pets and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates and Swiss Army Man and Carnage Park. This episode features an appearance by special guest MPW listener Eric Herman (of Eric Herman Music.com). We also have a concept discussion where we debate whether a film’s ending can ruin the overall intrinsic value of the movie. Join us!

If you’re new to our show… Movie Podcast Weekly typically features four hosts — Jason, Andy, Karl and Geek Cast Ry — along with frequent guests. We give you our verdicts on at least one new movie release from the current year that’s currently playing in theaters, as well as several mini reviews of whatever we’ve been watching lately. New episodes release every single week! Continue reading

Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 194: Warcraft (2016) and Now You See Me 2 (2016) and The Conjuring 2 (2016) and Love & Friendship (2016)

Episode 194

In this wacky installment of Movie Podcast Weekly, Andy calls in to the show from (almost literally) the top of the world — Prudhoe Bay, Alaska! Most of the photos in Episode 194’s show notes here pertain to Andy’s travels. We bring you four Feature Reviews of Now You See Me 2 and Warcraft and The Conjuring 2 and Love & Friendship. We also bring you a lengthy debate about the legality and necessity of the movie editing service VidAngel.

If you’re new to our show… Movie Podcast Weekly typically features four hosts — Jason, Andy, Karl and Geek Cast Ry — along with frequent guests. We give you our verdicts on at least one new movie release from the current year that’s currently playing in theaters, as well as several mini reviews of whatever we’ve been watching lately. New episodes release every single week! Continue reading